PEOCEEDINGS. XXXV11 



E. G. Waterhouse, E.G.S., C.M.Z.S., Naturalist of the Stuart 

 Expedition overland to the North-west Coast. 



Kevd. Julian E. T. Woods, E.G.S., E.E.G.S., E.L.S., Author 

 of various Geological "Works on South Australia, Victoria, 

 and North Australia. 



Moved by Me. Bead, M.E.C.S. :— That the three gentlemen 

 just named by the Chairman be at once elected Honorary 

 Members. The motion having been seconded, was carried 

 unanimously. 



The following donations was laid upon the Table, viz. : — 

 " Statistical Eegister of the Colony of Victoria, 1874 "; Part 4, 

 Law, Crime, &c. ; from the Government Statist of Victoria. 

 " Eeasons Suggestive of Mining on Physical Principles for 



Gold and Coal ;" from the Author, J. Wood Beilby. 

 Me. James Manning then read his paper — " On the Sydney 

 Water Supply by Gravitation," which he illustrated by 

 diagrams and maps. 



The discussion on the above paper was postponed until the 

 next meeting. 



The meeting then adjourned until the 1st September. 



WEDNESDAY, 1st SEPTEMBEE, 1875. 



The Eev. W. B. Claeke, V.P., in the Chair. 

 The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 

 The following gentlemen were duly elected ordinary members 

 of the Society, viz. : — 



James Hugh Palmer, John Belisario, M.D , 



Joseph Thompson, Erancis H. Grundy. 



Two new candidates were proposed and seconded. 



The Vice-President announced the receipt of letters acknow- 

 ledging the election as Honorary Members of Mr. Ellery, Gov- 

 ernment Astronomer, of Victoria ; Dr. Agnew, of Hotart Town ; 

 Mr. Lewis A. Bernays, of Brisbane ; and Baron Von Muller, of 

 Melbourne. 



The following donations were laid upon the Table by the 

 Chairman, viz. — 



" Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 

 1874," Vol. VII ; from the Colonial Museum, Wellington. 



" Eragmenta Phytographica Australia," Vols. VII and VIII, 

 from Baron Von Muller. 



Me. James Manning then read an Appendix to his paper, " On 

 the Sydney Water Supply by Gravitation." 



